Top for containers.



' WITNESSES F. s. HYATT.

TOP FOR CONTAINERS. APPLICATION FILED NOV-12, 19H- 1,189A51. PatntedJulyel, 1916.

' ATTORNEYS FRANK S. HYATT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4., 1916.

Application filed November 12, 1914. Serial No. 871,658.

To all whoin'z't may concern Be it known that I, FRANK S. HYAa'r, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements 1n Tops for Containers, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to tops for powder containers and moreparticularly to sheet metal tops consisting of two parts, to Wit: a capportion and a cover portion and adapted for use as a closure forbottles, cans or other receptacles for talcum powder, tooth powder orthe like.

The principal object of my invention is the production of a containertop of simple construction which will prevent leakage of the powder inthe container and which may be more easily operated than the topshereto-- fore employed. r

A top in accordance with this invention consists of an imperforate cover.portion adapted to telescope over a perforated cap portion, the capportion preferably having a smooth, uncorrugated outer surface and athreaded inner surface adapted to be screwed on the threadedneck of thebottle or other 1 container.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will appear in thefollowing description, the invention consisting in the novel featuresand parts and combination ofparts hereinafter more particularlydescribed and then specified in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view ofmy improved container top as applied to a bottle or other form ofcontainer. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the cover portion ofmy container top. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the cap portion of thecontainer top. Fig. 4' is a vertical sectional view of the cap portion.Fig. 5 is a plan view of the containertop with the cover portion partlybroken away.

Referring to the drawings: 1 indicates a talcum powder bottle or similarcontainer provided with a conventional form of screwthreaded neck 2. Thecap portion of my improved can top consists of a disk 3 and a dependingneck 3', the disk 3 being providpd with a plurality of perforations 4,as illustratedfforhdischarging the contents ofthe container 1 when thecap portion is secured thereto. A screw-threaded 'thimble 5 adapted tofit snugly within the cap portion and engages the inner surface of theneck 3.

The lower edge of the screw-threaded thimble 5 is provided with anoutwardly extending annular flange 6 and a bead or flange 7 integralwith the neck 3 of the cap portion is spun or otherwise clamped over theflange- 6 thereby securing the screw-threaded thimble 5 to said capportion and also preventing rotation of the thimble or of the capportion relative to each other when the cap portion is screwed on theneck 2 of the container 1.

The cover portion of my improved top is what is known as a telescopingcover and 1s made up of'an imperforate closure plate 8 and a dependingcircular skirt9, adapted to telescope over the neck 3 of'the'cap portionand prevent the discharging or leakage" of the contents of the containeruntil the cover portion is removed. The head or flange 7 ofthe capportion not only secures the thimble 5 to said cap portion and preventsrotation of said thimble relative to the cap portion as has beenexplained. but it also serves as a stopor Irest for the cover portion.To insure a close contact'between the perforated disk 3 and the innersurface of the closure plate 8 so that no part of. the

contents of the container 1- will leak out in p the coverportion whenthe same is applied to the cap portion due to any possible loose contactbetween the two portions, I have provided a circular pad or Washer 10made preferably of a soft, compressible and feltlike material andadapted tofit within the cover portion and to engage the inner surfaceof the closure plate 8.

It is obvious from the foregoing descrip- 7 ti on that my novelcontainer top may readily be screwed on the threaded neck of a containerthrough the instrumentality of the threaded thimble 5 hereinbeforereferred to.

The cap portion has the advantage then of being screw-threaded? eventhough its outer surface presents a smooth appearance and remainsunmarred' by corrugations.

The making of the outer surface of the neck ofthe cap portion smoothrather than having the corrugations appear through the surface of theneck 'not only enhances the beauty of-the article but also increases itsvalue and isdistinctly advantageous from a'mechanical standpoint for thereason that the telescoping cover portion can then more easily beapplied and will be. more firmly 11th held to the cap portion than wouldbe the case if the corrugations or ridges were present on the outersurface. 1 What I claim as my invention is 'A' sheet metal container topconsisting of a cap portion having a smooth and uncorrugated outersurface and provided with perforations in its upper portion, ascrewthreaded thimble having an annular outwardly extending flange andfitting snugly within said cap portion and adapted to be screwed on theneck of a container, said cap portion being provided with an annularbead or flange turned over the flange of said against the bead tlon.

aiaaeea Signed at Brooklyn in the county of Kings I and State of NewYork this eleventh day of November, A.' D. 1914. 1

FRANK S. HYATT. Witnesses: HARRY WOHL, AUeUsrJ. FRY.

